Protoperidinium leonis is a species of Dinophyceae in the family Protoperidiniaceae. They are native to Rio De Janeiro, SãO Paulo, and Santa Catarina. They are consumers.
Definition: Living in the fluid medium (water or air) but unable to maintain their position or distribution independently of the movement of the water/air mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).
Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
